Case Study
Unibanco's Experience Using Correspondent Banking
Beyond traditional ways of banking: Unibanco's experience in correspondent banking
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This paper describes the experience of Unibanco in correspondent banking in Brazil. The paper discuses the market in Brazil and highlights that almost 75% of the active population is excluded from banking. The paper presents the Central bank's resolution 1999 and discusses the other ways of doing banking:
- Banco postal operating through post office by Bradesco;
- Caixa Economica using the places that sell lotteries;
- Unibanco operating through department stores.
The paper elucidates the microcredit scenario in Brazil, emphasizing that there are:
- 171 institutions providing microcredit services with total portfolio of US $60 million;
- 223,000 active clients, with an average of 1,304 clients per institution;
- Huge concentration of the microcredit activities in the north-east.
The paper states that Unibanco presently is the third-largest private-sector financial group in Brazil, providing a wide range of services to all income segments. It highlights Unibanco's micro-credit initiative entitled microinvest, which is:
- Currently operational in strategic alliances with Fininvest, Pontocred and LuizaCred;
- Providing services to 300 thousand clients belonging to the low income segment;
- Working in 3 states with 150 distribution points having 55 loan officers.
The paper explains one of the Unibanco Microinvest alternative distribution channel, Fininvest.
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